Dep

name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·1 syllable ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1
Clipping of department. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
2
Clipping of deposit. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
3
Initialism of delayed entry program. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
"A DEP allows a recruit to complete education before joining the military."
4
Clipping of departure. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
5
Initialism of data execution prevention. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

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6
A deposition. countable, informal, uncountable
"Don't worry too much if they don’t give us everything we need in their rog answers; we'll fill the gaps in dep."
7
A deputy. countable, informal, uncountable
"[A]s soon as the door opened we could see it was the deputy governor coming through. […] We watched as the dep crossed the football field towards us."
8
A dépanneur. Canada, Quebec, countable, informal, uncountable
9
A dependency. countable, informal, uncountable

Verb

1
To deputize. informal
"Regularly with Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band for almost a year in the late 1990s and later deputized in the band, including a tour of Denmark (2003), also depped in Chris Barber's Band for Swedish tour (2001)."
2
depart or departs
3
deposed

Proper Noun

1
Initialism of Department of Environmental protection. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

"Don't worry too much if they don’t give us everything we need in their rog answers; we'll fill the gaps in dep."

Etymology 1

Clipping of department, originally slang from Imperial College, first attested c. 1930.

Etymology 2

*Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep" *Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep"

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.